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Query over the content of CIM repository on Windows Machines that uses WQL (Windows Management Instrumentation Query Language ).

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Microsoft Server 2012 R2 WMI (virtualization/v2) not detecting virtual machines - VBScript

As the title indicates, I'm currently unable to retrieve a list of virtual machines with a WMI query in VBScript. Hyper-V manager is correctly identifying 3 Virtual Machines on the Host in question, but when I query WMI I only see the Host…
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Get Mapped Network drives from remote machine in C#

I want to list mapped network drives in remote machine using WMI C#.. I am using following code ConnectionOptions connectionOptions = new ConnectionOptions(); connectionOptions.Username = "myAdminUser"; …
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List 3rd party drivers thru Powershell 3.0

I am trying to get the list of 3rd party drivers installed on a Windows 8 machine. gwmi win32_systemdriver| ? ((Get-ItemProperty $psitem.pathname).VersionInfo).companyname -NotLike *microsoft* Error : Get-ItemProperty : Cannot bind argument to…
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Retrieve all .doc files exist in My Computer for a search term which user provides. Is it possible?

Retrieve all .doc files exist in My Computer using a search term which user provides. I have tried to query systemindex catlog and the problem is, it is not fetching the documents which is recently added. My code is like below SELECT…
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C# repeating lines of code vs using properties from a memory usage perspective

I'm wondering if there's a better way to implement the following code from a maintainability and a memory impact standpoint. Looking at the following code would it be better to use properties? I see a lot of repeat code and I'm wondering what the…
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WMI escape characters on string variable programatically

i have this working query ManagementObject pnpdevice = new ManagementObjectSearcher(String.Format( "select * from Win32_PnPEntity where DeviceID='{0}'", "USB\\\\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_00\\\\6&48E0D58&0&0000")).First(); where i just realized that i…
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How can I test whether or not "Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium" is the operating system using VBScript?

My first attempt is to query Win32_OperatingSystem for the caption, and test whether the caption "equals" the operating system I am testing for: Dim objWMIService, strComputer strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" &…
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How to retrieve values from WIN32_NetworkAdapter using WMI in C++? I am unable to understand the VARIANT used to access the values after the query

Win_32 NetworkAdapter, Win32_SignedDriver, How to retrieve values from WIN32_NetworkAdapter using WMI in C++? I am unable to understand the VARIANT used to access the values after the query.
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using commandline to verify that a Deployment Type has a Global Condition

Currently scripting for SCCM to automate creation of collections populating collections etc.. I'd like to add a "verification" step. I want to ensure (through commandline since I want to automate it) that a Deployment Type has at least one Global…
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WMI event processor useage vs WMI query

I want to be able to detect a change in the list of installed programs on a pc using wmi. I have 2 options 1- run a wmi query every X seconds and compare to a saved file containing the list. 2 - start a Wmi event that polls every X seconds. Which…
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Event for an existing query using WMI

If I have WMI query to get the status of something,is there an associated event that can listen for a change to that status. For example - i can query a motherboard serial number but is it possible to detect a change to the serial in the form of an…
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Unique Identification of a particular device type

Win32_PnPEntity class has so many properties but I want to know that is there any property which identifies the type of device uniquely . For example I have a fingerprint scanner device and its device id is something like this "USB\VID_0A86" but as…
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WMI Permanent Event When PC is Shutdown

I want to know if a USB key has been plugged out. This can be achieved easily using a WMI Event listener. But what if the PC is shutdown - will a WMI permanent event detect this ?
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Querying process by CommandLine

I'm trying to do the following query in WMI: SELECT ProcessID from Win32_Process where CommandLine='C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe' But I got an "Invalid query" error. I also tried with: SELECT ProcessID from Win32_Process where…
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What's wrong with my WMI query?

I'm trying to invert the following query: using (ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT CommandLine FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = 4856")) { foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get()) { …
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